American Environmental History

by Dan Allosso

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For too long the environment has been considered little more than a neutral background to history. This text surveys findings of the new field of Environmental History about how the environment of the Americas influenced the actions of people here and how people affected their environments, from prehistory to the present.

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Publisher
Bemidji State University
Subjects
Humanities, History
Licence
CC BY-SA, as LibreTexts states it
Who can read
Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Chapters
  6. Front Matter
  7. TitlePage
  8. InfoPage
  9. Table of Contents
  10. Licensing
  11. 1: City Life
  12. 2: Wilderness and Country Life
  13. 3: Farmers and Agribusiness
  14. 4: Treasures Underground
  15. 5: Limits to Growth?
  16. 6: Economics and Externalities
  17. 7: Food and Choice
  18. 8: Introduction
  19. 9: Prehistory
  20. 10: Recontact
  21. 11: Colonial North America
  22. 12: Frontier and Grid
  23. 13: Transportation Revolution
  24. 14: Commodities, Centers, and Peripheries
  25. 15: Green Revolution
  26. 16: Commons, Mills, and Corporations
  27. Back Matter
  28. Index
  29. Glossary
  30. Detailed Licensing
  31. Back Matter
  32. Index
  33. Glossary
  34. Detailed Licensing